Improvement in the manufacture of boots and shoes



* N. PETERS, FHOTO-LlTHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D. C.

WILLIAM N. BRooKHoUSE, or WEST nANvnRS, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters I atent No. 107,864, dated October 4, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF BOOTS AND SHOES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same. i

.To all persons to whom these presente may come."

Be it known that I, WILLIAM N. BRooKHoUSE, of

West Danvers, of the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have made a new and useful invention having reference 4to the Manufacture of either Shoes or Boots; and do hereby declare the same to be fully described, as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, of which- Figure l denotes an underside view, and

Figure 2, a longitudinal section and Figure 3, a transverse section of a duplex sole, made in accordance with and used in carrying out my improvement in the manufacture of shoes or boots.

Figure 4 represents a bottomview,

, Figure 5, a longitudinal section, and Figure 6, a transverse section of a shoe as with such duplex sole.

In carrying outmy'inveut-ion, Iarrange upon and cement to the bottom surface of au insole, A, of whatever Vmaterial it may be, whether of leather, straw-board, or otherwise, a'thiu auxiliary smaller sole or filling piece, B, ofleather, or other suitable material, the periphery or edge of the smaller sole beingarranged within, and parallel to, and at a dis-` tance from, that of the insole, and perpendicular, or thercabout, to the bottom Vsurface of the insole, so as to form a shoulder against which the' upper vor vamp .0, while being sewed to the auxiliary Aor filling' sole-piece, may be drawnby the stitches or 'thread a employed in fastening the vamp to such auxiliary sole.

rlhe duplex sole so prepared is to be 4laid, on the bottom of the last D, and fastened thereto by a few tacks, after which the last and the duplex sole are to be inserted within the upper or vamp C. Next, the latter Should be-drawu over and lapped, down upon the insole and its auxiliary sole, and should be sewed to the latter by thread or threads going through the lasted overlaps of the vamp or upper','aud into the edge o f v the auxiliary sole or filling piece, and obliquely from such edge, the whole being so as to unite the vamp to the auxiliary sole or filling piece, and draw such vamp Y closely up to the edge of such auxiliary sole or filling piece, after which the outer sole may be applied to i `the overlaps of the upper and to the filling piece,

and be fastened to4 such overlaps and the insole by being sewed, pegged, nailed, or cemented thereto.

One advantage of my invention is, that4 it enables straw-board or leather-board, paper, or other material usually cheaper than good leather, to be used foi-an insole, such being reinforced by the lling piece being cemented toit.

Another advantage which is presentedV by the-duf plex sole is, that the auxiliary or smaller sole or fill/- ing piece, while serving as a means of connection for the vamp and insole, and as a filling piece to the space within the laps of the vamp, answers as a shoulder' for the shoemakcr to draw the laps closely against.

I make no claim to any thing, combination, or arrangement as describedA inreissue No. 2,807 of patent No. 85,858, granted November 26, 1867.

In such patent, a-simple rectangular band or strip is shown as fixed along the middle of the outer snrface of an insole, the edges. of the said strip bling out of parallelism with `the periphery of the insole,

and the fastening threads of the vamp being carried across spaces between the vamp-laps and the said strip. v l

My invention differs from this latter in having the periphery of the part B parallel with that of the ins ole A, and so arrangedas to constitute a shoulder tosupport the laps of the vamp when drawn up by the stitching, the laps, under such circumstances, being extended over and beyond such shoulder and upon the part B, t-he whole rendering the shoe, when completed, very much stronger and better.

What, therefore, I claim as my invention is as follows, viz:

1.. The duplex sole, as composed of tlxe'larger aud lesser sole-pieces'A B, placed one on the other,ce mented together, and having their edges arranged in parallelism, as' set forth.

2. As an improved manufacture, a shoe as made, withits vamp arranged and combined as explained,

Vwith a duplex sole made as described.

W. N. BnooKHoUSE. 

